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.^~^§&&&§@ if you follow a dirt road north just @§&&&§^~^.
.^~^§&§§§@ within the second ring, and navigate @§§§&§^~^.
.^~^§&&&&@ the overgrown maze of the north-eastern @&&&&§^~^.
.^~^§&§§@# residential district, eventually you #@§§&§^~^.
.^~^§&§@## arrive at what looks like a large ##@§&§^~^.
.^~~~§§§§# fenced-in grove of bird cherry and #§§§§~~~^.
.^~^§&&&&§ juniper. it's quite large, §&&&&§^~^.
....~^&&§@ and will take a while to circle, @§&&^~....
.^~^§&§@## especially since it's got gardens and ##@§&§^~^.
.....~~§&@ walls sticking out of it in more than a @&§~~.....
.....~^&@# few places. but keep going, and #@&^~.....
...^^^~~§§ eventually there'll be lilacs, and a §§~~^^^...
......^^&§ hole in the fence. §&^^......
.^~^§&§@## ##@§&§^~^.
.^~^§&§@## go inside. well, it's hollow, and hides ##@§&§^~^.
.^~^§&§@@# a pale swamp (herons, mosquitos). it's #@@§&§^~^.
.^~^§&@### brighter here, and the sounds of the ###@&§^~^.
.^~~~^§§&@ city seem distant. but there's a second @&§§^~~~^.
..^~^^^^&§ grove inside. zig zag between puddles §&^^^^~^..
.^~^§&§§§# and sinking shipping containers, #§§§&§^~^.
.^~^§&§@## because toward the inner treeline the ##@§&§^~^.
..^^^~^§&@ ground becomes solid again. @&§^~^^^..
.^~^§&§@## ##@§&§^~^.
.^~^§&§@## go inside. this time there's a cracked ##@§&§^~^.
..^~~^§&§§ parking lot, with sprinkled dandelions, §§&§^~~^..
.^~^§&§@## lined by wisteria. east of it is an ##@§&§^~^.
.....^^&@@ abandoned building, what used to house @@&^^.....
.^~^§&§@@# an old restaurant. the paint is #@@§&§^~^.
.^~^§&§@## chipping, some windows are broken, but ##@§&§^~^.
.^~^§&§@## the signage is still there: ##@§&§^~^.
.^~^§&@### ###@&§^~^.
..^^^^§&§@ "indian palace". @§&§^^^^..
.^~^^^^§§§ §§§^^^^~^.
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